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Reference code
P 4/1
Title
Tredegar races calendar
Date(s)
- 1816-1844 (Creation)
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1 volume (c.60 ff. of text)
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The file comprises a volume containing the standing regulations respecting the races at Tredegar, annual lists of subscribers, 1816-36, and lists of runners and results, 1816-44. The volume also includes memoranda of a number of bets made during the races, such as in 1818, 'Mr Morgan & Mr Lane bet Mr Hesketh ten guineas to five that he does not ride the buffalo from Tredegar House to the Lodge - won by Mr Hesketh'. The subscribers and stewards comprise much of county society, including various branches of the Morgan family and officers of the Newport garrison.
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Note
Previous NLW ref. no.: Formerly NLW Tredegar MSS 351
Note
The volume is intitled 'Tredegar racing kalendar 1816'.
Note
Preferred citation: P 4/1
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Virtua system control number
vtls004307426
GEAC system control number
(WlAbNL)0000307426